Home joy at last for United

Date Published: 28-Aug-2007

GALWAY United handed their manager the perfect birthday present on Friday night when they finally recorded a win at home thanks to second half strikes from Wes Charles and David Cooke.

Tony Cousins was due to blow out the candles on the cake on Saturday, and he will have done so with a puffed out chest after watching his side record a deserved victory over Sligo Rovers, only the third time United have beaten their provincial rivals in 16 games, a run that stretches back eight years.
Charles and Cooke on target against Sligo
The fightback against Drogheda, and in particular the second half display against UCD two weeks ago, suggested United were a far better team than their league position suggested.

However those displays came away from home, and it is their home results — without a win in 11 games before Friday — which has seen United involved in a season-long struggle at the foot of the table.

It doesn’t get any easier for Cousins’ side — their next three games are Cork (A), Drogheda (H) and Shamrock Rovers (A) — and no one is suggesting for one minute that they are now safe, but with that winless burden now removed, they can kick-on and realistically aim for a mid-table finish.

While it was Charles and Cooke who got the goals, the foundations for Friday night’s win were…..